I refer to the letter Crooked bridge would have brought in billions and would like to clarify the following points:

Construction of the crooked bridge would not enable modern container ships to travel from Pasir Gudang to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas for two reasons:

a) The depth of the water in the Johor Straits is less than 10 metres whereby the draft requirements of modern-day container ships is at now 14-15 metres and this could increase in the next few years as even bigger ships come into service. Therefore, the Pasir Gudang-Tanjung Pelepas passage would only be possible if the government decides to dredge an new access channel along the entire Johor Straits which would cost far more than even two crooked bridges. Even then there are obstacles.

b) The Tuas Second Link bridge was not designed to allow for the passage of large container vessels which can be more than 40m wide. Unless there are plans to demolish the Second Link to accommodate these ships, there is likely to be very little impact on shipping between the two ports as Tanjung Pelepas is primarily a transshipment port which handles some the largest ships in the world.

So by itself, neither a crooked nor a straight bridge would result in a significant increase in container shipping via Tanjung Pelepas unless the Johor Straits is dredged and the Second Link modified to allow for modern container ships to pass underneath.